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Ho, Stauble take Rainbow Cup sprint titles

Joshua Ho and Lily Stauble were crowned winners in the Sprint Distance triathlon races at the 11th annual Massy Rainbow Cup at the Courland Heritage Park, Black Rock, Tobago yesterday.

Ho completed the men’s event (750m swim/20Km ride/5K run) in one hour, eight minutes and 17 seconds (1:08.17) to hold off early race leader Christian Gillette (1:08.51) and Mark London (1:12.16). The Trinity College student had to come from behind to take the title as Gillette led after the swim, completing the one lap of the circuit with his brother Andrew in second.

Ho was third but moved up into second in the eight-lap bike ride before taking the lead in the third and final leg to improve on his second place finish last year. Gillette (Christian) and Ho were eager to get a big advantage on London in the first two legs as London’s strength is in the final leg. London is a five time Carifta champion in the 800m, 1500m and 3000m. London, who is from Plymouth, was also third last year. Andrew finished in ninth.

Stauble had an easier path to victory in the women’s race as she was in the top spot coming out of water and stayed ahead throughout. She went on to take the top prize in 1:23.57 ahead of Dana Llanos (1:26.40) and former T&T Miss World representative Lorca Gatcliffe-Farah (1:27.08). Martiniquan Clement Briere and Megan Lamers of Canada copped the Olympic Distance (1.5Km/40Km/10Km) disciplines. Briere won in 2:06.47 ahead of Canadian Jackson Laundry (2:07.41) and Teylor Arbolea of Venezuela (2:13.36).

Lamers took the ladies event in 2:25.42 from German born T&T resident Alexandra Consten (2:30.10) and Barbadian Elise Whitehouse (2:41.22). Costen was second in 2014 while Whitehouse was fourth. Celine Lestrade anchored BPTT to victory in the Sprint Distance Relay in 1:10.55.

David Storer (7.5Km), Truls Haugen (20Km ride) and Lestrade (5K run) finished ahead of Hillview College (Jeron O’Brien, Isaiah Rodriguez, Shayne Barran) 1:12.42 and Team Starlight (Akeem Roberts, Phillip Clark, Ron Julien) 1:17.55. Chin Lee siblings (Emma, Renee and Kelly) were seventh in 1:24.17.

The Olympic and Sprint Triathlon events were the feature disciplines of the event. Competitors competed under the clear, blue sky but had to battle with the heat of the day as they rode and ran through Black Rock to Present Prospect and back.

Later, Arboleda returned to defend the open water 3000m title clocking 46.27 to beat out local swimmers Aleem Mohammed (48.05) and 14 year old Luke Gillette (50.26). Emma Chin Lee was the first female out of water and crossed the finish line (54.06). Emma was fifth overall. Inga Karasek was the second female (1:06.47) with Chelsea Mohammed in third (1:06.52). Nikoli Blackman (26.48) and Cheyenne Cabral (28.01) secured the 1500m swim awards.

Jean-Mark Granderson won the boys title in the Kids 13-15 triathlon (375Km swim/10K ride/ 2.5K run) in 40.59 ahead of Akini Webster (44.04) and Darian Nimblett (44.26). Syndey Welch (48.57), Noa Sheppard (50.33) and Kirsten St Omer (52.38) were the top girls.

The final event of the day, the 5K, Lestrade ran away the women’s trophy in 21:13 ahead of Christy-Ann Baptiste (23.11) and Leisl Puckerin (23.19). Kelvin Johnson of Guyana took the men’s version in (16:32) narrowly ahead of fellow Guyanese Lionel Dandrade (16.32) as the two sprinted across the line together. Forty-eight (48) year old Kade Sobers was third (17.17).

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